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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Thank you for treating me kindly even though i was like this. Thank you for teaching me love, even though i was like this.”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“Higurashi Meakashi is Shion’s arc, and honestly, as the start of Kai, it’s so good. It pretty much lowkey flips everything I thought I knew from EP2 ,the twists hit different, and they’re super satisfying. It also dives deep into Satoshi’s story. Sure, there are still some…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“I asked for the truth. I thought that if I could just see things from the other side, everything would finally make sense. Now I am not so sure I wanted that. This time the story did not hide behind confusion. It did not trap me in fear of the unknown. Instead, it showed me…”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:25 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Horror · Visual Novel · Adventure · Anime · Psychological Horror · Great Soundtrack · Mystery · Story Rich · Singleplayer · Gore · Dark · Violent (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese |
| Achievements | 16 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://07th-expansion.net/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Pentium III 800 MHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 128MB DirectX 9c Compatible (Pixel Shader 2.0+) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: Any